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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

विशुद्धां मृदमादाय बर्हींषि तिल गोमयम् । शुचौ देशे परिस्थाप्य त्वाचम्य स्नानमाचरेत्

Transliteration

viśuddhāṃ mṛdamādāya barhīṃṣi tila gomayam | śucau deśe paristhāpya tvācamya snānamācaret

Translation

Man nehme reine Erde (reinigenden Lehm), heiliges Gras, Sesam und Kuhdung, lege dies an einem reinen Ort bereit, vollziehe Ācamana (reinigendes Wasserschlürfen) und verrichte dann das Bad.

Word by Word
विशुद्धाम्pure
विशुद्धाम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण
मृदम्clay/earth
मृदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
आदायhaving taken
आदाय:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + दा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having taken)
बर्हींषिkuśa-grass (sacrificial grass)
बर्हींषि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
तिलम्sesame
तिलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
गोमयम्cow-dung
गोमयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गोः मयम्)
शुचौin a clean (place)
शुचौ:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (देशे)
देशेin a place
देशे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
परिस्थाप्यhaving placed/arranged
परिस्थाप्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + स्था (धातु)
Formल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive): अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having arranged/placed)
तुthen/indeed
तु:
Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (contrast/emphasis particle)
आचम्यhaving performed ācamana
आचम्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + चम् (धातु)
Formल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive): अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having sipped water for purification)
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
आचरेत्should perform
आचरेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-Gaṅgā snāna (preparatory śauca)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kalaśodbhava (Agastya) as continuing addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a clean stone platform by the river, ritual items are neatly placed: a small mound of cleansing earth, kuśa grass, sesame, and cow-dung cakes; the devotee performs ācāmana before stepping toward the water.

FAQs

Purity (śauca) is cultivated through mindful preparation and ritual order, not by the act alone.

Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse focuses on general bath-procedure rather than a named ghāṭa.

Prepare purificatory items, keep them in a clean place, perform ācāmana, and then bathe.

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